Violin-bridge.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

W. II. MAY. VIOLIN BRIDGE.

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OF BRlDGEPORT orrion.

CONNECTCUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application lled June 8,1906. Serial No. 320.768.

To 11]/v /lf/w//t t litany concern.'

Be it known that I, ILLIAM H. )livr citizen of the United States, residing new and useful ln'iproveinents in Violin- Bridges; and l do hereby declare the iollowi ing to be a hill, clear, and exact description oic the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to nialce and use the saine.

illy invention relates to brit 'es Vfor violins, and consists in a certain a igeinent an@ combination of parts herein s scribed, and then particularly pointed out in the claiin which concludes this application.

The accompanying drawing illust; s a sectional elevation of niy newly-invented bridge.

Heretoiiore violin-bridges have been usually niade with short legs, because the bottoni of the bridge could not be cnt away without )lanes ot the o )eninOs 2. The lower ortion oi tl e bridge is cut out, so as to provide an enlarged open space Ll, whereby legs 5 of more Bridgeport, in the county of llairiield and State oi Connecticut, have invented certain than usual length are ailorded. l The lower portion of e illes of the bridge at the top of the is extended laterally, so as to a'llord shoulders 5, and siiiall holes are drilled through these shoulders in lines converging to a p aint, sail holes extending nearly to the bottoni surfaces oi the legs, and within the holes thus drilled driven pins 7, olI hard wood or other suitable strengthening inaterial.

fully deweakening the structure to such an extent that the pressure iroin the strings would l cause the bridge to collapse. in niy iniprovenient the' bottoni of the bridge cut away, so that not only a inass oi useless wood is removed, but the vibration oi. the bridge is niaterially increased, and also the lateral edges of the lower portion of the bridge are extended so as to provide shoulders, and pins of suitable material are driven into these shoulders downwardly in lines conveifging to bottoni surfaces oi the legs, so that the latter j.

are strengthened and will not collapse.

For a more coinplete understandin ol i i .invention attention is called to the Yfollowing ing at the upper portion oi the bridge in a plane about inidway between the vertical this strengthening of the upper portion oit the bridge inay be advisable under certain conditions, l. do not wish to be lnnited thereby, the gist oi niy invention residing in the broad idea oi` constructing the lower portion o'l the bridge as above described.

l clainiM ii uo in einge naw ing i s owei poi ion i cut away to 'forni an enlarged open space and a point, said pins extending nearly to the long legs, and having the lateral edges of its lower portion extended to forni shoulders, said legs being strengthened by pins oi' suitable n'iaterial driven downwardly into said shoulders in lines converging to a point.

ln testiniony .vhereo'f l ai'lix iny signature in presence ot two witnesses.

WlLLIAM H. MAY.

Vllitnesses:

F. lll. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LoNGnnN. 

